AJ had a visit from his Grandma Julie this weekend, a.k.a. "Gamma Dooley", as AJ puts it. AJ was psyched to show off his new tool set to Gamma Dooley who indulged AJ with many, many hours of pretending to drill through the coffee table, body parts and the like. My mom had a birthday this week, and we were able to celebrate with an outing for tea. David accompanied us and slept through the entire afternoon tea. Joe told David afterword that Joe would have slept through an hour of chitchat over tea as well. We were wise enough not to take AJ to tea. The tea shop had delicate $35 tea cups that made me think the phrase "bull in a china shop" would be interchangeable with "toddler in a fancy-pants tea shop" if AJ ever set foot in there.
The other fun part of the visit was seeing my mom and AJ enjoy the Patty-Pat Song from an old Sesame Street record that I used to listen to as a kid. This is an old Bert and Ernie song, and Bert and his buddies sing a silly tune about patting your tummy, wiggling your fingers and spinning around in a circle. My mom is great with activities like this because she really gets into it and makes it seem like the best time in the world. It felt like watching a clip of my childhood.
For his part, David charmed his grandma with his desire to have hours of snuggly shoulder time. David is happy as a clam as long as someone is holding him and snuggling him. This is more doable when there are three adults in the house at the same time.
No comments:
Post a Comment